Improved thread-holder and cutter



para cana JOHN' cLEARY, or BROOKLYN,

NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No; 96,310, dated November 2, 1869; antedated October- 16, 1869.

The Schedule referred to 1n the" Letters Patent and. making part of the same.

To all whom 'it'ma/y concern:v

Be it known that I, JOHN GLEARY, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have'invented a new and useful ThreadHolder and Cutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of a thread-holder and cutter constructed according to my invention;

Figure 2 represents an end elevation view of the same; and

Figure 3 represents a transverse section, taken in the linex x, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to provide for-the.

convenient holding' of spools of thread and the cutting of the thread therefrom when needed; and

The invention consists in a novel combination ofa spool-stand and spling scissors, whereby the desired end is attained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings- A is a base, constructed of a block of metal or other material, and of a form as represented, or of other suitable form. v

Near the broad end of this base-block A, project two or morefixed cylindrical posts, a a, upon which the spools of thread are placed, and which serve as axles upon which the same may turn.

Attheupper extremity of one of these posts, as af, is hinged or pivoted a supplemental axle, a", which locks with the top of the other post a, by means of a tongue upon the one fitting within a groove in the other, so as to serve as a horizontal axle to a third spool.

Projecting upwardly from about the central portion of the base A is a stationary guide, b, through small openings or perforations,' in which the thread from each spool is passed, as represented in fig. 1.

At or near the opposite extremity of the base A is a xed post, B.

Secured to this post B, near its upper extremity,l

.spool may be drawn ont to a desirable length, and cut at pleasure.

The cutting-edges of the said blades C C', when not being acted upon bya greater force, are held apart by means of a spring, s, attached to the post B, and acting against a rearward projection, c, of the movable blade G, so that the thread may be readily passedA bep tween them when it is to be cut.

The movable blade O is operated by means of a vertical sliding rod, f.

Said rod f-i's arrangedv to slide in bearings, e c, attached to the post B, its foot or lower end resting upon the said rearward projection c of the movable blade, so that the downward pressure ofthe same will cause the clos-ing of the scissors, while its upper end, which extends above the top of the post B, is or-may be provided with a button, m, for the more convenient manipulation of thesame.

The points or outer extremities of the blades O O are or may be of a form as represented in fig. 3, for the purpose of facilitating the finding of the interstice between said blades with the thread, and the convenient passage of the same therein.

When desirable, the sliding rod f may be omitted, and the movable blade C operated by pressing down its rearward projection c, the button m, for convenience of manipulation, being placed thereon instead of the aforesaid rod f, as before described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to have,-

secured by Letters Patent, is-

The thread-holder and cutter, composed of the vertical spool-axles a a', with the horizontal axle fitted thereto, as described, the thread-guide b, and the fixed andmovable cutting-blades O C', arranged for opera-v tion, substantially as herein set forth.

- JOHN OLEARY.

Witnesses: I 1

FRED. HAYNEs, ARTHUR KINNIER. 

